Multi professional learning programmes provide an opportunity for learners to interact with inter-professional techniques and develop new skills both practically and theoretically. During my time at university, I have gained knowledge in the classroom that coincides with my practical work on my work placement ward.
We have developed techniques such as hand washing. We learnt that this procedure is very important when it comes to infection control. According to the Bandolier website,
“Hospital acquired infection in England it costs £1 billion a year, kills 5000 patients, and consumes the resources of 27 four hundred bed hospitals.”
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
In our theory classes, we used a gel that we rubbed in our hands and put under an ultra violet lamp. Just before we carried out this experiment, we had washed our hands, therefore they should have been clean, however, as the lamp detected, they were not. This experiment, brought into perspective how......
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